See hook, line and sinker on Wiktionary
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"word": "rod, line and sinker"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hud og hår"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "helt og holdent"
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"code": "fi",
"english": "swallow with skin and fur",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "ganz und gar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mindenestül"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "egy az egyben"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
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"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
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"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
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"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hud og hår"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "helt og holdent"
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"english": "swallow with skin and fur",
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "niellä nahkoineen karvoineen"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "ganz und gar"
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"word": "mit Haut und Haaren"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "mindenestül"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "egy az egyben"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szőröstül-bőröstül"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kompletten"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "szó nélkül"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "csont nélkül"
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"word": "úgy, ahogy van"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "trúa einhverju eins og nýju neti"
},
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"code": "is",
"english": "fall for something hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "kokgleypa eitthvað"
},
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"code": "is",
"english": "fall for the story, hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gleypa söguna hráa"
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"code": "is",
"english": "swallow hook, line and sinker",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "gína við einhverju"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med søkke og snøre"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "with all the innards",
"roman": "so vsémi potroxámi",
"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "со все́ми потроха́ми"
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"sense": "(idiomatic) completely",
"word": "med hull och hår"
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"word": "hook, line and sinker"
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